Summary
Anne Burke-Gaffney is a Research Lecturer in Vascular Biology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, based at the Royal Brompton Hospital Campus, London.
A graduate of University College Dublin (BSc Pharmacology, 1988 and PhD, 1993) she secured National Asthma Campaign and subsequently British Heart Foundation funding to carry out her post-doctoral training within the NHLI. In 2002 she was awarded a Wellcome Trust University Lectureship.
Her research concerns the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the systemic inflammatory response and vasoplegic syndromes and biomarkers for these conditions. Current focus of research includes: the role of Robo receptors and their Slit glycoprotein ligands and the involvement of the endothelial glycocalyx and associated proteins, such as syndecan-1. She is involved in multidisciplinary translational research integrating basic science and clinical studies in order to provide new insights into these syndromes.
More recently, through collaborations with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, she has also developed a research interest into the role of endothelial dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); a devastating disease that affects mostly young people, causing right heart failure and ultimately death. It is anticipated that a greater understanding of endothelial dysfunction in PAH will reveal potential novel targets for the development of drug therapies that could eventually reverse the condition.
Publications
Journals
Patel S, Burke-Gaffney A, 2019, The value of mobile tablet computers (iPads) in the undergraduate medical curriculum: an Imperial College medical student view reply, Advances in Medical Education and Practice, Vol:9, ISSN:1179-7258, Pages:769-769
Conference
Burke-Gaffney A, Khan FH, Wiegman CW, 2023, " All for one, and one for all!": Evaluating a Team-Based-Learning (TBL) introductory session to drug discovery and development for MSc students, 19th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WCP), WILEY, Pages:636-637, ISSN:0007-1188
Wiegman C, Fedele L, Koufaki M-I, et al., 2023, To game or not to game-that is the question: Evaluation of newly developed gamification elements in MSc pharmacology modules, Pharmacology Annual Meeting, WILEY, Pages:556-556, ISSN:0007-1188
Mahomed AS, Burke-Gaffney A, Moledina S, et al., 2019, THE EFFECTS OF BMPRII LOSS ON ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR ADAPTATION IN THE PULMONARY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM, Winter Meeting of the British-Thoracic-Society, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, Pages:A61-A61, ISSN:0040-6376
Mahomed A, Burke-Gaffney A, Moledina S, et al., 2019, Late Breaking Abstract - The effects of BMPRII loss on endothelial shear adaptation in the pulmonary vascular endothelium, International Congress of the European-Respiratory-Society (ERS), EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, ISSN:0903-1936